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What type of grades do I need to play Division I athletics?

Posted by admin | June 30, 2008 .

What type of grades do I need to play Division I athletics?The goal of the majority of high school athletes is to play at the Division I level in college.  And while some may have the ability on the football field, basketball court, or baseball diamond, one aspect that may be just as important is your work in the classroom.  The NCAA has academic requirements that will determine if you can be eligible as a freshman.

While I won’t be going into the core courses that are required in this article specifically, I will be taking a look at what the NCAA calls the sliding scale test score requirements.  This sliding scale weighs your GPA and ACT or SAT to determine if you can qualify to play as a freshman.  For example, if you have a 3.55 GPA, you only need a 400 SAT (In Math and Verbal) or a 37 on your ACT.  If you have a 2.0 GPA, you will need to score a 1010 on your SAT (This is again in Math and Verbal) or an 86 on your ACT.

This sliding scale rewards those who work hard in the classroom and have a high GPA.  The higher the GPA, the less work you will actually have to do when taking the standardized tests.  Here is a look at the scores needed:

Core GPA SAT* ACT
3.550 & above 400 37
3.525 410 38
3.500 420 39
3.475 430 40
3.450 440 41
3.425 450 41
3.400 460 42
3.375 470 42
3.350 480 43
3.325 490 44
3.300 500 44
3.275 510 45
3.250 520 46
3.225 530 46
3.200 540 47
3.175 550 47
3.150 560 48
3.125 570 49
3.100 580 49
3.075 590 50
3.050 600 50
3.025 610 51
3.000 620 52
2.975 630 52
2.950 640 53
2.925 650 53
2.900 660 54
2.875 670 55
2.850 680 56
2.825 690 56
2.800 700 57
2.775 710 58
2.750 720 59
2.725 730 59
2.700 730 60
2.675 740–750 61
2.650 760 62
2.625 770 63
2.600 780 64
2.575 790 65
2.550 800 66
2.525 810 67
2.500 820 68
2.475 830 69
2.450 840–850 70
2.425 860 70
2.400 860 71
2.375 870 72
2.350 880 73
2.325 890 74
2.300 900 75
2.275 910 76
2.250 920 77
2.225 930 78
2.200 940 79
2.175 950 80
2.150 960 80
2.125 960 81
2.100 970 82
2.075 980 83
2.050 990 84
2.025 1000 85
2.000 1010 86

*Verbal and Math

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  1. Dan April 11, 2009

    I dont get it. A perfect score on the ACT is 36. Are you talking percentiles wen you are saying 86 on the ACT ?

  2. matt April 13, 2009

    u add up ur scores from all the sections. it doesn’t go by composite score